While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.* But pass'd is all his fame. Œuvres - Page 172de Jacques Delille - 1800Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 pages
...vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gaping rustics rang'd around — And still they gaz'd, and...grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he trinmph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn,... | |
| 626 pages
...skill, For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around; And...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." " Nee parcit imbellit juventa Poplitibua timidoqu-e tergo." SOME... | |
| 1859 - 708 pages
...could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics ranged around — And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew." Many can remember the good times in the country schoolhouse some... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 196 pages
...vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Ania/.'d the gaping rustics rang'd around — And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Hut pass'd is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he... | |
| Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - 328 pages
...schoolmaster, who, "With words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." He was not the lad to believe that life is a playground — a... | |
| Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where maqy a time he triumphed, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head so high, Where once the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 pages
...skill, For even though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around —...grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame: the very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn,... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pages
...unperceiv'd, So was my soul fix'd to the soft enchantment. ROWE His words of learned length and thundering sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew. That one small head should carry all he knew. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village, Here rills of oily eloquence in... | |
| John Milner - 1869 - 116 pages
...Amazed, the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, How one small head could carry all he knew, But past is all his fame." There's an infidelity of the heart more subtle and stubborn than that. of the head ; the latter may... | |
| Virgil - 1871 - 376 pages
...could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rusties rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew." Deserted Village. Yet Drances was not to be despised : " Throw... | |
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